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COOKBOOKS: 

               RECIPES ACROSS THE GLOBE

A wide range of cookbooks will be offered at the October 19-22, 2023 book sale.  Below is a sample of the diverse cookbooks available.

Note:  ** Represents winners of the James Beard award - a most acclaimed award a chef or culinary professional can receive in their lifetime.

 

 

Coyote Café features southwestern recipes with a New Mexico twist.  Mark Miller is chef & owner.  $3

 

 

** Susanna Foo is one of the most widely recognized & awarded Chinese Chefs in the US. Her cooking is Chinese/French.  $3

 

 

 

** Lidia Bastianich is a famous American cookbook author of many Italian cuisine cookbooks.  She has an Emmy award winning cooking show on public TV.  $6

 

 

 

Angela Liddon is a self-trained chef.  Her focus is on plant-based (vegan) cooking. This is her first cookbook. The sale has 2 of her cookbooks.  $4 each.

 ** Titan Ottolenghi is an internationally famous Israeli born British chef.  He writes a weekly column for the Guardian newspaper.  This is his second of 10 cookbooks which tend to be Mediterranean & vegetable centric.  $10

 

 

Pushpesh Pant has written a fascinating & beautiful CB about the cuisines along the truck road from Kabul, Afghanistan to Kolkata, India.  He writes not only about the cuisine encountered, but also about the places & cultures experienced.   $6

 

A cookbook by the Culinary Institute of America is aimed at people who want to be professional cooks or serious home cooks. It is a teaching text for the art of cold food preparation.  $4

 

 

This cookbook first published in 1955 by the American Daughters of Sweden, contains recipes brought to the US by Swedish immigrants & handed down through the generations and from visits to Sweden.  A fascinating glimpse into the cooking of one of the many ethnic groups that make up America.  $4.50

 

 

 

** Marcus Samuelsson’s approach to cooking is global. Born in Ethiopia,    raised in Sweden, and now residing in NY.  This his homage to Africa with recipes from across the continent.  $2.50

 

 

 

 

                        

Coolio was an American rapper & actor who died in 2023.  He was also a cook who learned from his mother & a series of aunts. He focuses on tasty, healthy, economical meals. $4.50

This cookbook teaches you the process of fermentation & food preservation.  It provides clear instructions with step-by-step recipes.  Alex Lewinsky is a chef, food blogger, software engineer & architect.  This is his first book.  $5.50